Sex study surprise

A NEW study has found Australian women are turning their backs on contraception, with more than half of unintended pregnancies a result of unprotected sex.

Of the 2571 women interviewed for the La Trobe University study, 1390 women had been pregnant within the past decade, and 362 of them had no intention of falling pregnant when they did.

The research found 56.6 per cent of women who had an unintentional pregnancy were not using contraception.